Homemade instruments
You don't need to buy instruments to make music. These simple projects use everyday materials to build shakers, drums, and rhythm tools that children can make and play themselves.
Plastic Egg Shakers
Paper Mache Fruit Shakers
Jingle Sticks
African Tambourine
Sand Blocks
Juice Can Shakers
Jingle Bracelets
Quilting Hoop Drum
How The Page Used Them
These instructions pair instrument-making with songs children can sing immediately afterward. The page specifically connects fruit shakers to songs like Apples and Bananas and also kept a few intentional NancyMusic references for related instrument ideas and song use.